Very interesting, especially for someone like me with no military background. I DO have extensive political/cultural/economic knowledge and decades of experience in the region. If "war is an extension of politics," then, quite aside from the grave military difficulties attacking Iran would face, as you have outlined, the POLITICAL conseq…
Very interesting, especially for someone like me with no military background. I DO have extensive political/cultural/economic knowledge and decades of experience in the region. If "war is an extension of politics," then, quite aside from the grave military difficulties attacking Iran would face, as you have outlined, the POLITICAL consequences regionally would be simply catastrophic. The whole idea, so beloved by some (e.g. Sen Cotton, John Bolton) that we should attack Iran is utterly idiotic and deeply dangerous. Thanks for your very informative posting!
Thank you! I wrote a bit on how disastrous our 'bomb and gun' diplomacy is in my other article "America's Waning Power". We have no credibility and our 'influence' in the region is tied to dictatorships we help prop up. If the war were to continue to escalate and spread even those 'allies' would have to think hard about what is the best way for them to stay in power. As I argued in that article, we have to 'let go' of our empire before it collapses on top of us.
You are very welcome! I fully agree. I am rather pessimistic about our ability to "let go." I fear our Imperial-Overstretch mindset, instead, will "rave and burn at close of day." I would love to be wrong, of course.
Very interesting, especially for someone like me with no military background. I DO have extensive political/cultural/economic knowledge and decades of experience in the region. If "war is an extension of politics," then, quite aside from the grave military difficulties attacking Iran would face, as you have outlined, the POLITICAL consequences regionally would be simply catastrophic. The whole idea, so beloved by some (e.g. Sen Cotton, John Bolton) that we should attack Iran is utterly idiotic and deeply dangerous. Thanks for your very informative posting!
Thank you! I wrote a bit on how disastrous our 'bomb and gun' diplomacy is in my other article "America's Waning Power". We have no credibility and our 'influence' in the region is tied to dictatorships we help prop up. If the war were to continue to escalate and spread even those 'allies' would have to think hard about what is the best way for them to stay in power. As I argued in that article, we have to 'let go' of our empire before it collapses on top of us.
https://www.eomar.news/p/americas-waning-power
You are very welcome! I fully agree. I am rather pessimistic about our ability to "let go." I fear our Imperial-Overstretch mindset, instead, will "rave and burn at close of day." I would love to be wrong, of course.